Dixons City Academy
Bradford
Salary:
MPS/UPS plus TLR2b
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Start date:
28 September 2025
Apply by:
18 September 2025
Job overview
Why choose Dixons City Academy?
* We believe that people, more than strategy, create value - we all belong and grow together
* '9 in 10' for teachers: our innovative strategy providing greater flexibility and agency
* Our purpose is excellence and we are driven by respect, integrity and determination
* Dixons' flagship school; in the top 2% nationally for Progress 8
* Students and staff are empowered to determine their own future and change our world for the better
* Supportive, talented and professional staff, hardworking, aspirational and considerate student
The right candidate will be totally aligned to our core belief that all children can make exceptional progress; whilst being completely committed to our mission to change the world for the better.
Dixons Academies Trust
Our mission is to challenge educational and social disadvantage in the North. As a school trust of 17 schools, we are committed to making a difference where it matters most through delivering exceptional education in our schools in Bradford, Leeds, Liverpool and Manchester, which include primaries, secondaries, all-throughs and a standalone sixth form.
* We are values driven: our values of work hard, be nice, be good underpin everything we do
* We have been challenging educational and social disadvantage for over 30 years
* We are launching a bold flexible working policy to give our teachers more time back
* We are ambitious for every child and highly inclusive
* We are always in the top five nationally for progress at secondary
* We prioritise the professional development and growth of all our staff; every member of Team Dixons receives regular coaching
* We are committed to recruiting a diverse workforce and our staff work collaboratively to share resources and reduce workload
Within our communities, we work together to establish joyful, rigorous, high performing schools and colleges, which maximise attainment, value diversity, develop culture and build cultural capital.
Visit our OpenSource platform to learn more about our approaches and culture.
Learn more
Full details of this role can be found in the
job description
and
person specification
.
Interviews will take place on 23 September 2025.
Please visit our website or call us on and speak to Bethany Holmes, Academy Administration Manager, to discuss the role further.
We are committed to equality of opportunity, recruiting a diverse workforce, and creating an inclusive environment for everyone at Dixons. Therefore, we encourage applications from underrepresented communities and irrespective of age, disability, neurodivergent status, marriage or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion and belief, gender reassignment, sex, or sexual orientation. We are happy to make reasonable adjustments wherever possible through the recruitment process should this be required.
We are focused on delivering an ambitious equality, diversity and inclusion strategy as part of our 2-5 year plan. You can read more about this here.
Our trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Successful applicants will be required to undertake an enhanced DBS check.
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About Dixons City Academy
Dixons City Academy
Ripley Street, Bradford
West Yorkshire
BD5 7RR
United Kingdom
Dixons City Academy is a centre of educational excellence. We promise to do whatever it takes to ensure that every student achieves their full potential. All students receive a knowledge rich curriculum that will equip them with the character and cultural capital necessary for them to think critically and creatively and to change the world for the better.
Currently graded Ofsted outstanding in all areas, Dixons City is in the top 2% nationally for performance at Progress 8.
I am very proud to be the Principal of Dixons City Academy with its long-established reputation as a top-performing school. We have extremely high expectations of all members of our school community and we support each other to be the best we can be.
Thank you for your interest in our school. If you wish to find out more about us, visit the school website at
Raouf Mohammed
Principal
Learn more about Dixons Academies Trust and our approach to culture on the Dixons OpenSource YouTube channel:
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